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How popular is the baby name Edeva in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, see baby names similar to Edeva and check out all the blog posts that mention the name Edeva.

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It’s a land survey, compiled in 1086, that covered much of England and parts of Wales.

The Domesday Book provides extensive records of landholders, their tenants, the amount of land they owned, how many people occupied the land (villagers, smallholders, free men, slaves, etc.), the amounts of woodland, meadow, animals, fish and ploughs on the land (if there were any) and other resources, any buildings present (churches, castles, mills, salthouses, etc.), and the whole purpose of the survey – the value of the land and its assets, before the Norman Conquest, after it, and at the time of Domesday.

The book is held at The National Archives in London, but its contents are available online at Open Domesday.

Most of the names in the Domesday Book are male, as most landowners were men. So, to be different (and to make things easier!) I thought I’d focus on the women.

The female names below appeared in the Open Domesday database just once, except where noted. (Multiple mentions don’t necessarily speak to name popularity, as this is not a representative sample of 11th-century people. Also, some individuals are simply mentioned in the book more than once.)

A

Adelaide

Adelina (2)

Adeliza

Aeldiet

Aeleva (3)

Aelfeva (9)

Aelfgyth (4)

Aelfrun

Aelfthryth

Aelgeat

Aelgyth

Aelrun

Aethelfled

Aethelgyth

Agnes (2)

Ailhilla

Aldeva

Aldgyth (13)

Aldhild

Aldwif

Aleifr

Aleva

Alfhild (3)

Alfled (3)

Alswith

Althryth

Alware

Alweis

Alwynn (2)

Asa

Asmoth

Azelina

B

Beatrix

Bothild

Bricteva (8)

Brictfled

Brictgyth

C

Christina

Cwenhild

Cwenleofu

Cwenthryth

D

Deorwynn

Dove

E

Edeva (8)

Edhild

Edith (5)

Edlufu

Egelfride

Emma (7)

Estrild

Eva

G

Goda (6)

Gode (2)

Godelind

Godesa

Godgyth (4)

Goldhild

Godhyse

Godiva (7)

Godrun

Goldeva

Goldrun

Gudhridh

Gunild (2)

Gunwor

Guthrun

Gytha (4)

H

Heloise (2)

Hawise

I

Ida

Ingifrith

Ingrith

Isolde

J

Judith

L

Lefleda

Leodfled

Leofcwen

Leofeva (9)

Leoffled (4)

Leofgyth

Leofhild

Leofrun

Leofsidu

Leofswith

Leofwaru

Leohteva

M

Matilda (3)

Mawa

Menleva

Mereswith

Merwynn

Mild

Modeva

Molleva

Muriel

O

Odfrida

Odil

Odolina

Oia

Olova

Oseva

Q

Queneva

R

Regnild

Rohais (2)

S

Saegyth

Saehild

Saelufu

Saewaru

Saieva

Sigrith

Skialdfrith

Stanfled

Sunneva

T

Tela

Thorild

Thorlogh

Tova

Tovild

Turorne

Tutfled

W

Wigfled

Wulfeva (9)

Wulffled (2)

Wulfgyth

Wulfrun

Wulfwaru (2)

Wulfwynn (2)

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Also, did you notice the names of Scandinavian origin (e.g., Guthrun, Ingrith, Sigrith)? “These names are most numerous in the eastern half of the country, particularly Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. This is precisely where, as we know from other evidence, there was a substantial settlement of Scandinavian immigrants.”